Abu Luqman

Ali Moussa al-Shawakh (1973-), also known as Abu Luqman, was the Governor of Raqqa Governorate under the Islamic State.

Biography
Ali Moussa al-Shawakh was born in as-Sahl, Raqqa Governorate, Syria in 1973 to a Sunni Muslim Arab family, and he used to be a Sufi. He became an Islamist and jihadist later in life, and he was imprisoned by the Syrian Arab Republic at Sednaya Prison until his release in the summer of 2011. He became an Islamic State interrogator in 2014, and he became Emir of Raqqa Governorate in April 2014, appointing IS leaders and distributing fighters to other fronts. By early 2015, he was in charge of the detention of Western hostages, and he was responsible for imprisonment and executions, holding 1,000 IS recruits prisoner after they refused to fight. In July 2015, he became the governor of Raqqa Governorate, and he was known as a top IS leader.